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Well, Iâm going to do it. I am going to become a yoga teacher. My application and money has been mailed and I start classes in January. This is something Iâve wanted to do for a while now, but I havenât been able to find a program that I could get in to and not have to leave work for a month.

Most teacher training sessions require you to go somewhere for a month (200hrs) and in my case Iâd have to go out of state somewhere. Also thereâs the cost. Itâs expensive and they donât include living expenses along with that hefty price tag. I had just about decided that yoga teacher training wasnât going to happen for me in this life.

Then, I found a website through Yoga Alliance. Someone was offering a teacher training program right here in Oklahoma and itâs scheduled on weekends. Itâs kind of like joining the National Guard. For the next year and half, Iâll be spending one weekend a month in teacher training classes. Plus, I donât have to pay my tuition all up front; I can pay it out on a monthly basis.

Iâm really excited about this, but also a little nervous. Iâve met my yoga teacher and sheâs really intense. Iâm worried that I wonât be strong enough. A lot of times during my yoga practice these days, I just keep noticing all the poses that I struggle with or canât do at all (like arm balancing poses). Then I stop and say âwait a minuteâ?. This is yoga practice, not yoga perfection. Iâll be fine right? Itâs totally normal to be nervous. I mean I am technically going back to school, something I didnât think Iâd ever do again.

The above picture is a record Chris found for me during one of our thrift store shopping days. We both kind of saw it as a sign. Unfortunately I donât have a record player, but Iâm dying to know whatâs on that record because itâs FOR AMERICANS.